Kandy to Sigiriya

Into the Cultural Triangle

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Route

Kandy → Sigiriya

Duration

2 hrs

Distance

98 km

Strike north from Kandy into Sri Lanka's ancient heartland. The landscape opens into dry-zone scrub and granite outcrops — leading to the lion-rock fortress of Sigiriya, rising alone from the plain.

Route highlights

Matale Aluvihara cave temple
Dambulla Cave Temples
Sigiriya Rock Fortress

Stops along the way

Stop 1

Kandy

Morning departure from the hill capital

Stop 2

Matale

Hindu Murugan temple

Stop 3

Dambulla

UNESCO cave temple complex

Stop 4

Sigiriya

5th-century rock fortress